Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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Page 390
We have ploughed every piece of land so many times that the couch has just not been able to stand the pace . There are no lands and furrows ' left after ploughing with a Brabant : only a ploughman can appreciate what a boon and a ...
We have ploughed every piece of land so many times that the couch has just not been able to stand the pace . There are no lands and furrows ' left after ploughing with a Brabant : only a ploughman can appreciate what a boon and a ...
Page 394
Crops have to be drilled or planted at the right times , horse - hoed , hand - hoed , and weeded , and then harvested and processed and the land prepared for crops again . It won't wait . No good me saying I am ill and cannot do it .
Crops have to be drilled or planted at the right times , horse - hoed , hand - hoed , and weeded , and then harvested and processed and the land prepared for crops again . It won't wait . No good me saying I am ill and cannot do it .
Page 499
They put in a hedge , right round the lower slopes of the mountain , to show the farm boundary . This remains , but within its limits most of the fertile land is now a wilderness of unproductive , uneatable scrub .
They put in a hedge , right round the lower slopes of the mountain , to show the farm boundary . This remains , but within its limits most of the fertile land is now a wilderness of unproductive , uneatable scrub .
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